Satchel-latch.



of Chicago, county of UNITED STATES PATENT oFEIoE.

JOSEPH H. WIEDNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN OR TO GEORGE LANZ &COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SATCHEL-LATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH H. WIEDNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident Cook, and State of Illi nois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Satchel-Latches, of which the following is aspecification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying 'draw ings,forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to that type of satchel-latches which are adaptedto be used in connection with jointed hasps. This form of hasp, made intwo sections, permits the jaws of the satchel to spread somewhat, and itis the practice to supplement it by a pin forced down through theoverlapping jaws.

- The object of this invention is to provide an improved latch of thistype which will be certain in its automatic action and of greatstrength.

The invention consists in the device hereinafter described, and which isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a detailplan view of a satchel, showing the improved latch. Fig. 2 is a detailside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectionthrough the latch and the satchel-jaws, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4.Fig. 4 is a detail section through the satchel-jaws, showing an endelevation of the latch. Fig. 5 is a view simi lar to Fig. 3 with themovable parts of the latch in a different position. Fig. 6 is a detailof the movable latch-plate, forming a part of the device.

The overlapping and underlapping jaws, respectively, of the satchel arerepresented at 10 11. The latch is housed in an oblong casing 12,secured to the overlapping jaw 10 by any suitable means, as shown bymeans of a pair of integral depending lugs 13 14, setting down throughsuitable apertures in the jaw and having their lower ends overturned orclenched. This casing is provided in its upper face with an aperture 15for receiving the loop 16 of the hasp 17, which is attached to the jaw11.

the casing 12 and is provided with a thumbpiece 19, which projectsthrough an aperture in the end thereof, and a tongue 20, adapted toenter the loop 16. An expansion-spring 21 reacts between the inner endof the plate 18 and the end wall of the casing 12, the parts being sodisposed that under the action of this spring the tongue 20 is projectedacross the aperture 15. The plate 18 is guided by a set of dependinglugs or flanges 22 at its sides and having a bearing against the sidewalls of the casing 12, and also by a post 23, uniting the top of thecasing 12, and a floor-plate 24,.iwhich rests upon the top of thesatchel-jaw 1.0, the post 23 passing through a longitudinal slot 25 inthe plate 18.

A latch 26 in hook form is pivoted to a lug 27, rising from thefloor-plate 24, the head of the hook being directly below the aperture15 and its nose projecting into an aperture 27 a in the satchel-jaw 10and being adapted to enter an aperture 28 in the satchel-j aw 11 whenthe hook is depressed against the resistance of a spring 29, attached tothe floorplate 24 and pressing upwardly against a stud 30 on the hook.As the loop 16 of the hasp enters the aperture 15 it forces the hook 26down against the resistance of the spring 29, and thus bringing it intoengage ment with both jaws of the satchel holds them against spreading.

The head of the hook 26 is provided with a shoulder 31, so disposed thatwhen the plate 18 is pushed inwardly and the hook is in its upperposition, as shown in Fig. 4, the end of the tongue 20 engages thisshoulder, and is thus held in its retracted position, leaving theaperture 15 obstructed only by the hook 26, which yields to the pressureof the hasp. As the tongue 20 is released by the downward movement ofthe hook it is advanced by the spring 21 and enters the loop 16.

I claim as my invention- 1. A satchel-latch comprising, in combination,a casing having a hasp-receiving aperture, a spring-advancedreciprocating plate within the casing having a tongue normally 5crossing the aperture of the casing, and a hook pivoted Within thecasing having its A reciprocating plate 18 is housed within j headlocated below the casing-aperture and its free end projecting downwardlythrough 1 the bottom of the casing.

2. A satchel-latch comprising, in combinaend projecting downwardlythrough the bottion, a casing having a hasp-receiving apertom of thecasing, and a spring for raising the ture, a spring-advancedreciprocating plate head of the hook into the path of the tongue. Withinthe casing having a tongue normally JOSEPH H. WIEDNER. crossing theaperture of the casing, a hook Witnesses:

pivoted within the casing having its head 10- LOUIS K. GILLSON, catedbelow the casing-aperture and its free E. M. KLATCHER.

